ViewController respondsToSelector:]: message sent to deallocated instance

Question

I get this error ("ViewController respondsToSelector:]: message sent to deallocated instance") when I enable "Zombie Objects". I found where is error but I don't know how to solve it.

Here is code: ViewController.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ViewController : UIViewController <UISearchDisplayDelegate, UISearchBarDelegate>{


    // The saved state of the search UI if a memory warning removed the view.
    NSString        *savedSearchTerm;
    NSInteger       savedScopeButtonIndex;
    BOOL            searchWasActive;
}

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *savedSearchTerm;
@property (nonatomic) NSInteger savedScopeButtonIndex;
@property (nonatomic) BOOL searchWasActive;

ViewController.m

...
// when I comment out "viewDidDisappear" everything is ok, how to solve this on different way?
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    // save the state of the search UI so that it can be restored if the view is re-created
    self.searchWasActive = [self.searchDisplayController isActive];
    self.savedSearchTerm = [self.searchDisplayController.searchBar text];
    self.savedScopeButtonIndex = [self.searchDisplayController.searchBar selectedScopeButtonIndex];
}...

Thank's for help

so i havent overridden that method, ill have to look elsewhere — esreli, Mar 07 '13 at 08:45
Just in case it is related, please check out this similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11170614/viewcontroller-respondstoselector-message-sent-to-deallocated-instance-crash/18138513#18138513 — software evolved, Aug 09 '13 at 00:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:36

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What are you doing to "create" this error ?

I my case, I popped the ViewController off the navigation stack and there were still NSNotifications sent to this VC. I simply forgot to remove all observers to my VC.

answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:36

matthisb

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Dima · Answer 2 · 2012-05-10T19:45:02.393

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You should put [super viewDidDisappear:animated] at the beginning of your override, as that is the default implementation. Forgetting that line can sometimes cause problems.

edit:

I think you might need to post some more code. The key might be in something else you're doing or not doing.

edited May 10 '12 at 19:45

answered May 10 '12 at 16:07

Dima

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '13 at 09:46

/*
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    // save the state of the search UI so that it can be restored if the view is re-created
    self.searchWasActive = [self.searchDisplayController isActive];
    self.savedSearchTerm = [self.searchDisplayController.searchBar text];
    self.savedScopeButtonIndex = [self.searchDisplayController.searchBar selectedScopeButtonIndex];
}
*/

ViewController respondsToSelector:]: message sent to deallocated instance

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